The Vertical Hour

by David Hare

Book Overview

"Politics is about the reconciliation of the irreconcilable," says Nadia Blye, a young American war reporter turned academic who teaches political studies at Yale. With her faith in academia beginning to erode and memories from her time in the Balkans and the Middle East haunting her, Nadia travels with her boyfriend, Philip Lucas, to rural England to visit her father, Oliver, who has his own past to reckon with. The challenge of Nadia's encounter...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865479658
• ISBN13: 9780865479654
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Sadly Underrated

This poorly reviewed play reads as well as it was performed. The political chops of present day America is discouragingly immature, not to mention Broadway. Too bad, and everyone's loss, as this play hits home in a powerful and meaningful way.